Teachings
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Portland, Oregon, USA
In this teaching, Lama Zopa Rinpoche begins by praising Lama Yeshe's qualities as a hidden meditator with the ability to inspire people from all walks of life. Rinpoche continues with an extensive explanation of how to transform problems into happiness.
Chapters:
Transforming Problems •
How to Be a Real Professional •
By Tenzin Ösel Hita in Maitreya Instituut, Amsterdam
In this talk, Tenzin Ösel Hita discusses easy ways to reduce ego and develop compassion. Watch the video and read along with the transcript.
Topics: Introductory
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Inner Winning is the Real Winning
Topics: Monthly E-letter
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Adelaide, Australia
A talk on how to transform problems into happiness by defeating the self-cherishing thought and cherishing others. Rinpoche also advises how Dharma practice in everyday life can help us at the time of death.
By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Pomaia, Italy
A brief introduction to the tantric path and methods. Lama Yeshe gave this talk during His Holiness the Dalai Lama's tour through Europe in 1982.
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Tantra and Deity Practice
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Geneva, Switzerland
A public talk on the essential practice of mind training (lo-jong)
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
The real enemy is ignorance, the self-cherishing thought, so there’s no reason to get angry with external conditions
Topics: Negative Emotions > Delusions
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
This teaching on the shortcomings of the self-cherishing thought is an excerpt from the 33rd Kopan Course.
Topics: Path to Enlightenment (lam-rim) > Renunciation
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Deer Park, Madison, Wisconsin, 1999
How to use depression and other problems to develop the good heart
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
How to purely dedicate the merit for the happiness of others
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Daily Practices
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Guadalajara, Mexico 2008
An edited public talk on lam-rim by Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Guadalajara, Mexico in 2008.
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal, December 1987
A teaching on mind training using the seven Mahayana techniques, and equalizing and exchanging oneself for others.
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Guadalajara, Mexico, April 2008
A public talk on lam-rim by Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Guadalajara, Mexico in 2008.
Chapters:
Public Talk: Lam-rim Part 1 •
Public Talk: Lam-rim Part 2 •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
A student wrote to Rinpoche asking for practices for the rest of his life. Rinpoche responded with this advice.
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Daily Practices
By Geshe Jampa Tegchok
In this commentary on the seven-point mind training, Geshe Jampa Tegchok explains how we can abandon self-cherishing and develop compassion.
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
Chapters:
The Kindness of Others •
The Kindness of Others: Editor's Introduction •
Chapter One: Motivation •
Chapter Two: The Seven-Point Mind Training •
Chapter Three: The First Point - The Preliminaries as a Basis for the Practice, Training in Bodhicitta •
Chapter Four: The Second Point - The Actual Practice, Training in Bodhicitta •
Chapter Five: The Third Point - Transforming Adverse Circumstances into the Path •
Chapter Six: The Fourth Point - The Integrated Practice of a Single Lifetime •
Chapter Seven: The Fifth Point - The Measure of Having Trained the Mind •
Chapter Eight: The Sixth Point - The Commitments of Mind Training •
Chapter Nine: The Seventh Point - The Precepts of Mind Training •
Chapter Ten: Conclusion •
Appendix: The Seven-Point Mind Training •
Bibliography and Recommended Reading •
